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When something goes wrong in Windows (I can’t boot, not even in safe mode), and I really really need that data, the first thing that crosses my mind is to use a Ubuntu Live CD. However, if Win was not shut down correctly, the ntfs partition can not be mounted.

Recovery disks are plenty on the internet. They all come bundled with all kinds of little programs to help you debug/recover your data. What if such a recovery disk would give you a standard win(explorer) inteface, with network access, disk utils, debugging tools? A trully Win Live CD.